News

This section features articles, press releases, updates, and official statements from the President and Councilors of the Jewish Community of Turin. A space for information and reflection.

  • Four women, one book, one evening

    24 March 2026

    Articles

    Emilio Jona dedicated his latest book, titled "Four Women. By Anna Segre," to the four women who stood up for and helped his family in the Biella area.

  • Presentation in Turin of Am ha-sefer: The People of the Book

    17 March 2026

    Articles

    The presentation of the book Am ha-sefer. The People of the Book, dedicated to the love of books in the Jewish tradition: what better occasion to inaugurate the brand-new space dedicated by the National University Library of Turin to talks and events related to the exhibitions? By Chiara Pilocane.

  • Saving Children, medicine at the service of peace: past, present, future

    17 March 2026

    Articles

    On March 10, 2026, the online meeting "Saving Children, Medicine at the Service of Peace: Past, Present, Future" was held. Organized by the Friends Committee of the Peres Center of Turin and the local group of Left for Israel, Two Peoples and Two States, the meeting was held online. The initiative was supported by the Jewish Community of Turin, the Jewish Studies Group, and the Polo Cittàttiva Astigiano Albese of Cisterna d'Asti. By Maria Ludovica Chiambretto.

  • Neofeminism’s slap in the face to Israeli and Iranian women

    10 March 2026

    Articles

    On March 9th, a public meeting was held entitled "The Slap of Neofeminism to Israeli and Iranian Women," promoted by the Community together with the Circolo Liberalsocialista Carlo Rosselli, ADEI-WIZO, and the Camis De Fonseca Association. By Sara Levi Sacerdotti and Anna Segre.

  • Rediscovered Memory, Jewish Entrepreneurs, and Racist Laws

    9 March 2026

    Articles

    The impact of some prominent Jewish leaders and Jewish entrepreneurs on the racist laws of 1938 and the years following. This is the central theme of Germano Maifreda's book, "La memoria ritrovata," by David Sorani.

  • APRIL 25 OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY

    9 March 2026

    Comunicati Stampa

    The Jewish Community notes with deep regret that the request to move the traditional torchlight procession on April 25th from the evening of Friday the 24th to the evening of Thursday the 23rd was rejected following opposition expressed during a subsequent meeting of a "technical table" of several partisan bodies and associations.

  • The Senate approved the bill to combat anti-Semitism.

    4 March 2026

    Comunicati Stampa

    The UCEI welcomes the outcome of the vote on the bill to combat anti-Semitism and the adoption of the IHRA working definition by the Senate, which represents a victory for all segments of civil society, not just the Jewish community.

  • Cristina Girardi, Righteous Among the Nations

    4 March 2026

    Articles

    The awarding of the certificate and medal for Righteous Among the Nations.

  • On the Doorstep of Purim: The Ha-Kol Choir in Concert

    4 March 2026

    Articles

    It's beautiful to find in the song and the harmonious union of voices the accents of spirituality, interiority, and shared humanity that are typical of the Jewish world. By David Sorani.

  • Purim 5786

    4 March 2026

    Articles

    A Purim that was experienced by all of us with conflicting emotions, just as the conflicting feelings we experience when reading Megillat Esther are. By Anna Segre.